Robert & Christopher Publishers

03/06/2024

https://online.victoria-miro.com/boscoe-holder-geoffrey-holder-london-2024/

Exhibitions 1 June–27 July 2024 16 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW Tuesday-Saturday: 10am–6pm Join us for London Gallery Weekend: Friday 31 May and Saturday 1 June, 10am–6pm; Sunday 2 June, 12noon–5pm.

03/06/2024

The first time I ever saw a black male n**e was in a Boscoe Holder painting in a private collection in Trinidad. It was beautiful – and so brazen that I wondered whether it broke the country’s lingering Victorian-era indecency laws. I would later discover he had painted hundreds more, many for his eyes only, never intended to be shown in his lifetime.

From Saturday at Victoria Miro in London, many will be shown in a joint exhibition with his younger brother Geoffrey, whose similarly radiant, sensual paintings of black men and women reflect just how far ahead of their time the Holder brothers were. Born in Port of Spain, Boscoe in 1921 and Geoffrey in1930, to an inspired middle-class mother from Martinique and an upwardly mobile Bajan father, the siblings were nurtured in a milieu of what art historian Erica James calls “an incredible generation of Caribbean people”.

From ballet-dancing in New York to playing a Bond villain, Trinidad-born brothers Boscoe and Geoffrey Holder led extraordinary lives. But it’s as trailblazing painters of black portraits and n**es that they will be remembered

16/12/2022

We’re thrilled to be a part of this festival holiday collaborative event with so many lovely folks!

Stop by and pick up some of our books at discounted prices for gifts or to round out your collection… or shop some of the other unique local finds. See you tomorrow, Saturday 17 December, at Medulla at 37 F**t Street! 📚❤️💃🏾

03/12/2022

Our Christmas sale is on now until 4pm at 65 Carlos St in Woodbrook! We’ve got discounts on our books and cute merch so come on by to say hello and stock up 📚!! We’re sharing space with our friends - double the fun 🤩

28/11/2022

It's that time of year again! Come shop Caribbean creativity this Christmas!

Once again, we have teamed up with our friends at Robert & Christopher Publishers to put together a sale with lots of Caribbean creativity! We’ll have tees, totes, artbooks, notebooks, caps, buttons, postcards, magnets and other great gifting ideas available. We accept credit and debit cards and cash!

🗓️Dec 03
⏲️10am to 4pm!
📌65 Carlos Street, Woodbrook


Robert & Christopher Publishers Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival

01/06/2022

https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/althea-mcnish-textile-designer?fbclid=IwAR1IlqXP6fqd4YQCsLSwaZ1YtAc6FLP4uAO6ukQkMWQpZuTTOT48M219yZc

A major exhibition, ‘Colour Is Mine’, at the William Morris Gallery aims to reframe textile designer Althea McNish’s central role in British fashion, with Liberty London reissuing a number of McNish’s most celebrated fabrics.

23/03/2022

Views of Hew Locke’s monumental opus, The Procession. The work is installed at the Tate Britain. Every single element is imbued with the history, anguish, joy and spectacle of the Caribbean. If you’re lucky enough to be able to see it, put aside a few of hours to take it all in.

13/02/2022

Hi everyone, our very own Mariel Brown has been cooking up something really interesting for the past few months: an online course on Caribbean Art Today for the Victoria and Albert Museum. During the course, she’ll lead several online conversations with some of artists we have worked with, including Blue Curry, Cosmo Whyte, Nadia Huggins, Olivia McGilchrist and Mark King. You can find out more about it and sign up here at the link in bio! Sign up now as the course starts 16th February!
Image Credit: 1. 'Jab Jab', colour screen print on paper by John Lyons (detail), 1988. Museum nr E.1238-1995 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

03/02/2022

Hi everyone, our co-editor, Mariel Brown, is designing and facilitating a course on Contemporary Caribbean Art for the Victoria and Albert Museum. During the course, Mariel will lead several online conversations with some of the region's most important artists, including Blue Curry, Cosmo Whyte, Nadia Huggins, Olivia McGilchrist and Mark King. You can find out more about it and sign up here: https://bit.ly/3Hs0Y1o

08/12/2021

Posted • Coming straight from Trinidad, this amazing book entitled 'A-Z of Caribbean art' was edited by Melanie Archer and Mariel Brown at Robert & Christopger Publishers .
Presenting Caribbean artists from the 20th century to today, this book is a good resource of information, introducing new faces as well as familiar ones. It shows painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, installation and performance art, extending their research from the whole West Indies (Jamaica, Haiti, Martinique, Barbados, Guyana, St Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago etc.).

Definitely a must have for all Caribbean art lovers !

03/12/2021

What a thrill to see the work of so many of the artists whose works we have featured in in the beautifully curated exhibition, . If you are in London, it is soo worth spending a few hours experiencing the show!
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01/12/2021

We love this! Thanks for such a fab post and .mongrel Posted • 👀 Looked who dropped into ? Thank you artist Alberta Whittle .mongrel for touring our collections.

We are excitingly looking forward to seeing Alberta work this week in Tate Britain’s new show ‘Life between islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950-Now’ on display 1 December 2021 - 3 April 2022.

We are also happy that Alberta found one of our newest publications ‘A-Z of Caribbean Art’ published by from browsing our Caribbean Art exhibition catalogues. This book features an entry on her dad, poet and visual artist Nick Whittle and his contributions to the development of visual art in Barbados.

When you see the exhibition, come see us next door and become a member of Stuart Hall Library to research using our collections. It’s completely free!

Image caption: Artist Alberta Whittle with book A-Z of Caribbean Art in Stuart Hall Library

12/11/2021

We’re gearing up to see you tomorrow, Saturday 13 November, at our annual Christmas sale, hosted once more with our friends and ! Stop by for great deals on books, merchandise and more. We look forward to seeing you 📚❤️
Christmas Sale!
Sat 13 Nov, 2021, 10am–4pm
65 Carlos Street, Woodbrook

11/11/2021

Just when you thought we were done with amazing deals, here we go again! Buy two art books at our sale this Saturday, get one free. Can you think of a better way to stock up on Caribbean art books to give or to keep? (Ahem! The lowest-priced book is free – we haven't gone completely mad.)
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All prices in TTD
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Christmas Sale!
Sat 13 Nov, 2021, 10am–4pm
65 Carlos Street, Woodbrook

11/11/2021

If you've been meaning to get one of our t-shirts featuring the drawing in Maria Nunes' book, In a World of Their Own, Saturday may very well be your last chance! We have extremely limited stock as listed below:
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Women's: 3 small, 1 large, 1 extra-large
Men's: 2 medium
First come, first served only!
TT$100 each
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And of course you can pick up a copy of In a World of Their Own for $225 and save 25% off the regular retail price. Step inside the world of traditional Carnival dreamers and makers as seen through the lens of photographer-historian Maria Nunes. Features an essay by Shivanee Ramlochan and a drawing by Richard Mark Rawlins.
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Christmas Sale!
Sat 13 Nov, 2021, 10am–4pm
65 Carlos Street, Woodbrook

09/11/2021

Get this sturdy, heavyweight canvas tote bag 50% off or free when you purchase one book or two at our sale this Saturday! At 16.5" H x 15" W x 4” D, it's oversized and perfect for carrying around all those art books you'll be buying. Offer available while supplies last!
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All prices in TTD
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Christmas Sale!
Sat 13 Nov, 2021, 10am–4pm
65 Carlos Street, Woodbrook
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